Trousers and like garment



A ril 30, 1935. IJGOLD I TROUSERS AND LIKE GARMENT Filed Dec. 20, 1933 Isaac o id 30 the-elastic means to the'wai'st portion for allowback section not Shown- Patented Apr. 30, 1935 it a it v n g I "UNITED." STA-res PATENT i-OFFIC E Isaac Gold, Hiilsdalc, Mich, assignor to Hills dale Manufacturing Company, Hillsdale, Mich, a, corporation of Michigan I APplicationEDecember 20, 1933, Serial No. 703,178 I 3 Claims. (01. 2237) 7. v

'I'his invention relates to trousers and like gar ing the waist-fitting action at one side of thements, and has especial reference to an improved waist of the garment; and v I waist fitting garment of this sort. Figure 4 is a fragmentary detail view showing It is well known that, ingarments such as trouanother formof vent structure'embodying the I 5 sore and the like, tailoring and alteration is necpresent invention.

essary to fit the waist of the garment to the'waist. Referring to the drawing, the trousers, desigof the wearer, and that if the waistportion of the hated in their entirety at a be of thetusual garment r jt h an unbecoming, 11 or anysuitable or preferred material-and of any fitting appearance, and makesit difficult to hold usual or p rr d ns ru t modified o m the trousers in place around the Waist ofithe mg, to thepresent invention'as hereinafter-de-1o;v

wearer, particularly by means of a belt, whereas Scnbedw '7 if the waist portion is too smallit is accompanied T main body of the trousers shown 5 com? by discomfort and hampers the freedom of the pluses the right and left leg Portions a i weal-en 1 I the usual side pocketsB, back pockets Stand the The present invention has for one of its objects usual ma l light frbnt Pocket -1- left 151 the provisional? an improved waist construction flent Seetlen o part fly izfadapted to which-will lit the wearer snugly without tailoring be opened d eleeed Secured, when o e e or alteration to the waist size of the wearer, and to the Oppesite f eotion l3 by buttons. l4. which will yield a u the waist of the wearer to The lower, s of t Portions 6 and a give t wearer freedom and c mfort h broken away, but it is to be understood that-they20,

V looseness about the waistof the garment. I may extended o an finished w r; Another and more specific object i s'the provi Without Cuffs, th y m b of ni ker 01 sionof elastic means secured internally to the bleomer'felm- Theparticulal sa e t's w waist portion or the garment at spaced locations v e W the, 11511941 siderseame {15 r and covered by'jth'ewaist portion to provide a garseamle, this Particular garment h ade up 25 ment f p ea appearance and m 's the right andleit front sections and the back cificany the provision with Such elastic means-V section secured together at the 'side seams l5 s th waist of t garment 'df'a waist com in the usual manner. The inner seams between t ct between t locations f Securemeht o theinner margins of the frontjsections and the i ing'such waist portion to accommodate anda'd- Th above described features are d ab e and just itself t t waist f the" W e usual in garments'of this sort, but it willibea t n t elastic means n wi h wrinkling understood that these features are not essential or other unbecoming appearance about the waist that modifications m b made therein. of thelgarmeht, V V suitable or desired. .Andthe leg portions 015 vthe 35 Another '51-,111 more specific t t e garment maybe full length or short length, or of V pmvisign f a Waist fitting g m t vi v knicker, bloomer or other form as referred to dividing the waist 'portion into parts with elastic abovev r V 1f means eXtending across'the vents and secured in- T0 e upper margins of e right and e t -v 40 ternally to the parts of the waist portion on oppo front sections and back section a" waistband 40 t sides of th e t n t 't n s t designated in its entirety at {8 is stitched or j V .t waist portion'parts overlapping at the vents to otherwise. s y Secured 3 -7 is Wais allow the wais'tiportion "to'oe extended without d it is preferably o the some. material as Opening th nt b t t Waist parts and the trousers-although it may be or another. ma-j i g the e ti ea therethmugh terial as suitable or desired. It 'constitutes-the 45 th bj t d th advantages a waist vpart, or at least aportion of the waist part, tails of the illustrated embodimentof the inven- 0f the r i e hon W111 ea fr th following detailed 1 The waist band'or waist portion-"l8' is discripti'on taken in connection withthe accom- Y d a h p o t of th armentand-by namin drawing, in whic'hz h i vents22, one at each of the opposite sides of the Q I Figure 11 airagm'entary perspective iew of a a n a right f t 'wa a d portion pair of trousersembodying thepresent invention left front waistband p ion v 4, nd-fa Figure 2ois a fragmentary detail perspective back waist-band portion 25, which back waist 1 view on a slightly IargerscaIe than Figure 1; V band portion 25 may be made 'up of right and Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevation showleft band portions stitched or otherwise secured I upper, edge of said section. The front end of the waist bandportion 23 preferably terminates at together at EG'at'the back seam S5. The left front band portion 2 is of substantially the same length as the upper edge of the left front "section of the garment and is stitched to the up- 7 per edge of this front section.

Its front end terminates at'the front edge of the fly l2 and is provided with buttonholes 28 for engagement with buttons 29 on the overlapping end of the right front band portion 23, which is of substantially the same length as the upper edge of the right/front sectiomand is stitched to the i the adjacent edge of the adjacent front section -to which it is secured.

The lower edge of the rear waist band por-v tion is'of substantially the same length as the upper edge of'theback section of the trousers and is stitched along the line Zii to the upper edge of the back section. The side endsof' the upper margin oflthe back section of the garment preferablyoverlap at lit the side-ends of the upper margiris of the front sections and are stitched thereto at 34. The side end of the loweredge of each band 23 andZ l extends to the side end of the' upper marginof the adjacentfront section,

and the loweredge of the side ends of the band 25 extend to the side ends of the upper margin of the baokxseotiomfiwhich results in the side ends of the band 25 overlapping the adjacent side ends of the bands 23 and 24 at the side -vents-22'"of the garment. The overlapping ends of. the upper margins of the front and rear sections offthe mainbody of the garment may be produced in any suitable or preferredmanner. In the illustrated embodiment, the edges of these endsare merely continuations of the marginal edges secured togetherat the seams l5 and the extension of the inward bias of these marginal edges from the" hip portion to the waist portion 7 of the garment provides sufficient material for the overlap at -1 To increase further the overlap of the ends of the bands at the side vents 22 the side endsof the bands 23and 24 preferably terminate on a bias at-3B to provide a greater overlap atthe ,top of' the waist i-portion than at the bottom.

Thefront ends ofthe band portion 25 may, like wise, terminate ona bias to give the upper margin of this band section a greater waistline 'di-( mension than the lower margin, but this is not necessary and, in the illustrated embodiment,

thesetends terminate substantiallysquare or substantially as continuationsof the seams 15. The

i band sections 23, '24 and 25 are provided; with ing acrosseach of the side vents 22 and stitched I internally to the Waist band portions of the garmentat its opposite ends at 42. These elastic bands 40 may consist of stretchable cloth material, and rubber threads or bands woven or otherwisevfabricated into the bandsto give; the

same the desired elasticity' The'waist portion of the trousers is preferably provided with the usual lining 125, andthe bands 49 are preferably disposed internally of this liningand stitched to thelrespective waist band sections, one band d-i to-the waist band sections 24 and 25, and'the:

other band 40 to the waist band sections 23 and 25, as shown. In the illustrated embodiment,

theends of the respective elastic bands 40 are folded under at 46 where they are stitched at 42 to the respective band sections of the garment. The rearward belt straps 38 on the forward sections of the garment and the forward belt straps on the rearward section of the garment may be disposed adjacent the stitching of the opposite ends of the flexible bands 40 to the respective waist band sections of the garment.

In use,rthe elastic bands 40 make the garment waistefittingand hold the. waist portion of the garment snugly to the waist of the wearer without accurate tailoringor alteration of the waist of the garmentto fit the waist of the wearer and, at the same'time; the bands 40 yield about the waist to givelthewearer freedom and comfort without looseness about the waist of the garment. The side vents 22 constitute means between the spaced locations of securement of the elastic bands for allowing these bandsto'hold the waist portion to the ,waist of: the wearer and to yield about the waist withoutan unbecoming, ill-fitting appea'rancei And, .asshOWn'in Figure 3, the overlapping ends of the waist band sections at the vents22 allowfor extension ofthe waist portion of the garment withoutexposing the elastic bands 40 'which'are covered and at all times concealed by the. waist portion of the garment. o x

In the embodiment of Figure 4, the right and left sides of the back section 50 of the garment are slit vertically from the upper marginal edge of the back section down toward the rear-pockets,

one of which is shown at 5| just rearwardly of the side seams 52 which join the back section to therespectivefront sections 50'. --The lower-end of each of these slits terminates above the-adjacent rear pocket 5| and afold or;pleat 53 continuing downwardly from the slit brings the rear marginal edge along the slit into forwardly overginal edge, along the slit as shown-at-5 4. The

waist-band sections 55 and-56 terminate at.sub-- stantially the free edges of the front'and back sections 50f and 50 along the opposite sides of t e d are stitched ,to the upper margins of the front and back sections at'51. 'An insert 58, preferably comprising; a-strip of the same material as-themain body portion of the garment is stitchedat 59 to the freeedge of the band section 55 and down to'the adjacent edge of the back section5il along the slit. Atthe lower end of the slit this insert strip 58 is folded; up at ts and the forward edges of theback section 50 and band section 55 are folded in at 6| along the slit and stitched at 62 to the forward edge of the unfolded portion of the insert 58. The insert 58. the upper ends of which. terminate at .the upper margins-ofthe band sections 55 and 56 respectively, which upper ends may be suitably finished as desired, forms the overlap atthevent designated in its entirety at 62. The elastic band 63 extends across the vent 62 and 1s. stitched or otherwise secured at-its opposite ends at 64 to the band sections 55 and 56 insidethe lining 6 withinitherband sections, as before.

. -While I have. described the invention in connection with a pair of trousers, it is to be understood that the invention may be embodied in the waist band structures of skirts and all similar or equivalent garments as-suitable or; desired. And the invention is not to belimited to the precise details shown and described.

lapping relation with respect, to the front mar- I claim: I 7 Y 1. In a garment of the class described, the combination of a waist portion provided with a slit therein, an insert secured toone edge of the' combination of a waist portion provided with slit therein, an insert secured to one edge of the garment along the slit in position projecting from said edge, said insert being folded up and secured to the opposite edge of the garment along the slit to produce an overlap at the slit, an elastic band extending across the slit and secured internally to the garment on opposite sides of the s1it,and

a fold formed in the garment and continuing downwardly from the slit.

3. Ina garment of the class described; a main body portion, a waist'bandalong the top of said main bodyportion, 'saidwaistband having a slitf extending downwardly therethrough, a fold formed in the body portion and extending down- Wardly from said slit, an insert secured to one edge of the waist band at the slit and extending downwardly to the bottom of the slit and folded upwardly and secured tothe opposite edge of the of the waist band at the slit, and an elastic band secured internally'to the waist band on opposite sides of the slit,

jwaist' bandalong the slit to produce an overlap 1 r .ISAAC GOLD. 

